Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan to give firms more long-term certainty: Paul Chan
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will give businesses greater certainty to make long-term investment decisions amid a volatile external environment, the city’s finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the plan’s targets and timelines would...
Chinese firms keen on investing in Oman’s International Financial Centre: official
Chinese firms have shown “very strong interest” in investing in Oman – across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran – as they aim to tap the lucrative Middle East market while minimising risks, an Omani official said. Banks, asset managers and law firms from China were...
Russia Hammers Key Ukrainian Military Logistics Hubs
The Russian army carried out coordinated strikes on Ukrainian targets using high-precision air-launched weapons and attack drones, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defense. Read More
Largest Drone Attack on Moscow Region Repelled – Moscow Mayor
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The largest drone attack on Moscow and the neighboring region has been repelled, more than 1,600 UAVs have been intercepted across all defensive lines since Saturday, with 450 of them stopped as they approached the capital, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin...
Pending US$12.3 million house arrest fine keeps Malaysia’s Najib in prison
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he would remain in Kajang Prison as he and his legal team study the conditions attached to his “conditional pardon”, including the payment of a 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine before he can be...
The cooling trap: how Asia’s air conditioners are making heatwaves worse
As heatwaves become more frequent and intense across Asia, the region faces a dangerous power paradox. Soaring demand for air conditioning threatens to push electricity grids closer to failure just as extreme heat puts the infrastructure under greater strain, raising...
Reporter’s note: two Delhis, one weekend – when the world came to dinner
I grew up in Delhi. Not Lutyens’ Delhi, that quieter, greener stretch of tree-lined avenues and high-walled colonial bungalows where the VIPs live. But close enough to know that two cities share one name. One Delhi is generally messy. Rubbish piled into small...
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, honoured with state funeral
Why AI giants are choosing Singapore to turn models into real-world tools
Named as an enemy: Indonesia’s uneasy Aukus moment
Analysts tip a stronger hand for China ahead of Xi-Trump summit in Washington
Google’s Gemini joins rogue AI cases after real-world hacks – WSJ
Google’s Gemini joins rogue AI cases after real-world hacks – WSJ
What China really means when it says it’s being ‘strategic’
Houthis claim attacks on Saudi capital, after flames seen near Riyadh airport
Trump says he will create ‘AI Force’, name AI tsar
